Introducing Replica Victorinox Swiss Army Infantry Automatic

The Infantry Automatic from Victorinox has many of the features of a traditional military replica watches: large, easy-to-read Arabic numerals, a minutes track, luminous hands and dial markers, a prominent sweep- seconds hand and a water-resistant case.

But the watch’s military styling is clearly a matter of fashion, not function. The case, which is 40 mm in diameter and highly polished, isn’t rugged enough for a soldier’s wrist: it’s almost delicate-looking and has no added protection such as surface hardening, a screw-down crown or screwed lugs. It will do much better in civilian life. Thanks to its relatively thin case (10.4 mm) and sloping lugs, it lies flat against the wrist and slips easily under a shirt cuff.

Replica-Victorninox-Infantry-AutomaticIn keeping with the watch’s low price, $695, the watch is simply made. It contains an undecorated ETA movement in the lowest of four quality grades, a mineral glass caseback instead of a sapphire one, and a simple pronged buckle. But it has no serious flaws. The only minor ones are that the crown is a little too small for easy winding and setting and the faint, stamped hour numerals from 14 to 22 look more like flaws on the dial than useful indications.

These drawbacks do not detract from a number of attractive details. Although the crystal is not curved, it is beveled along its edge. A groove between the bezel and mid-section provides a visual accent and a leather strip is sewn to the end of the strap to cushion the metal buckle. The Swiss replica watches weighs just 73 grams and is comfortable to wear all the time, even to bed, and the large markers glow into the early morning hours. The watch’s legibility is superior.

All in all, the Infantry Automatic is an attractive everyday watch, especially for first-time mechanical-watch buyers.

Victorinox_Swiss_Army_ReplicaSPECS
Manufacturer: Victorinox Replica Watches SA, Le Voyeboeuf 3a, CH-2900 Porrentruy, Switzerland
Reference number: 241565 Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, hack mechanism
Movement: ETA 2824 “Standard,” automatic, 28,800 vph, 25 jewels, Incabloc shock absorber, fine regulator with eccentric screw, power reserve = 38 hours, diameter = 25.6 mm, height = 4.6 mm
Case: Stainless steel, flat sapphire crystal with nonreflective coating on inside, fully threaded caseback with mineral crystal window; water resistant to 100 m
Strap and clasp: Calfskin strap with stainless-steel pronged buckle and protective guard strip
Rate results: (Deviations in seconds per 24 hours)
Dial up +4
Dial down +9
Crown up +12
Crown down +9
Crown left +4
Crown right +13
Greatest deviation of rate 9
Average deviation +8.5
Average amplitude:
Flat positions 293°
Hanging positions 282°
Dimensions: Diameter = 40 mm, height = 10.4 mm, weight = 73 g
Variations: Silver-colored dial
Price: $695

SCORES
Strap and clasp (10 points max.): 7
Operation (5): 4
Case (10): 7
Design (15): 12
Legibility (5): 5
Wearing comfort (10): 10
Movement (20): 9
Rate results (10): 7
Overall value (15): 13
TOTAL: 74 POINTS

Glashütte Original Senator Observer Adds Luminous Highlights Replica Watches for 2015

Several years ago, Glashütte Original introduced its first Senator Observer, a limited-edition, white-gold timepiece that celebrated the memory of German watchmaker Julius Assmann and famed explorer Roald Amundsen. It was modeled on the traditional observation replica watches made in the German town of Glashütte, which were used by navigators to determine a ship’s position at sea. In 2012, an unlimited version in a stainless steel case with two dial options, made its debut. This year, the brand launches the first Glashütte Original Senator Observer with luminous material on its dial.

Replica-Glashutte-Original_Senator-ObserverAssmann was one of the legendary watchmakers who established the industry in Glashütte, located in the German state of Saxony. His firm specialized in the manufacture of observation watches and marine chronometers, which were renowned for their  precision and reliability, particularly under extreme weather conditions. Pioneering explorers such as Amundsen, who took several Julius Assmann observation watches with him on his legendary expedition to the South Pole in 1911, found these timepieces to be indispensable instruments for navigation.

The Senator Observer takes its design cues directly from those vintage observation watches made in Assmann’s Glashütte atelier, though its interior workings have at least one significant difference: in contrast to the hand-wound movements of the historical deck Glashütte Original replica watches sale, the movement in this contemporary version, Caliber 100-14, is self-winding.

The matte black dial, produced in Glashütte Original’s own dial manufacture in the German town of Pforzheim, is made with three separate layers of lacquer. The dial makers placed the Super-LumiNova highlights, which emit a distinctive green-white glow in the dark, with maximum legibility in mind — on the hour numerals, in the center of the hour and minute hands, and on the indices of the chapter ring.

Replica-Glashutte_Original_Senator_Observer_blackdialThe running seconds are on a subdial at 9 o’clock, and the power-reserve display — with the German indicators “Auf” (“Up”) and Ab (“down”) at either end — is at 3 o’clock. The so-called panorama date display, a hallmark of Glashütte Original timepieces, is prominently placed at 6 o’clock. The hands are made of white gold, the elegantly curving Arabic numerals — evocative of those on the historic deck watches — are in white, and a milled railroad chapter ring is on the periphery of the dial.

The 44-mm case is fashioned of polished and satin-brushed stainless steel and is available on either a black calfskin leather strap or a steel bracelet, both equipped with a stainless steel fold-over clasp. A sapphire viewing window in the back shows off Glashutte Original’s manufacture Caliber 100-14.

Replica-Glashutte_Original_Senenator_Observer_ropesThe movement in the Senator Observer is exquisitely finished and provides the cheap replica watches an approximately 55-hour power reserve. The finishing of automatic Caliber 100-14 provides a visual treat, with traditional Glashütte high-horology features such as the characteristic three-quarter plate with Glashütte ribbing, polished steel components and beveled edges, and a skeletonized gold rotor with the brand’s double-G logo.

Vacheron Constantin Replica Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements Watches 2016

The Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements replica watches collection is an invitation to celebrate the ornamental beauties of the world drawn from the decorative arts of several cultures. Two year after its first launch, the collection unveils four new models born of the art of  openworking and a combination of artistic crafts bearing the Hallmark of Geneva.

Replica Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Fabuleux OrnementsTen different master Artisans have provided reinterpretations of Ottoman architecture, Chinese embroidery, Indian manuscripts and French lacework. These creations are equipped with an ethereal hand-engraved movement:calibre ultra-thin 1003 in 18K gold replica watches. The finesse of the front-facing décor is precise to the nearest tenth of a millimetre, while on the back Vacheron Constantin has opted for an exclusively chamfered and hand-drawn finish that preserves a restrained appearance.

Replica Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Fabuleux OrnementTraditional arts meet at the crossroads of different cultures. To highlight this exceptional know-how, the model “Indian manuscript” is created from the alliance of Grand Feu champlevé enameling and hand engraving. The “Ottoman architecture” timepiece is defined by hand chamfering, purple mother-of-pearl base and a gold grid work studded with half-pearl beads. The “French lacework” model is adorned with a translucent hand-guilloché Grand Feu enamelled dial. The base of the gold dial is clad in a guilloché motif lending subtle depth to the transparent enamel and set with garnet-colored sapphires and diamonds. The fourth timepiece “Chinese embroidery” is crafted in white gold according to the stone-cloisonné technique with jade. The dial is sculpted from mother-of-pearl and features a pink opal shaped according to the glyptic art and complimented by finely hand engraved gold leaves and pistils.

Vacheron Constantin Replica Métiers d’Art Fabuleux OrnementFor 260 years, the Manufacture has consistently enhanced the beauty of its creations through artistic crafts. Hand engraving is one such technique. A demanding art calling for exceptional patience and dexterity, it was used right from the start as a means of achieving ethereal lightness. The first replica watches created by Jean-Marc Vacheron in 1755 already featured an openworked and engraved balance-cock. A master in the practice of this extremely intricate discipline, Vacheron Constantin has given free rein to its creativity, progressively openworking both simple and complicated calibres, associating them according to its inspiration with other artistic crafts.

Replica Hublot Big Bang Watches Celebrates 10 Years of Big Bang

Cheap replica watches for men and women-It was 10 years ago, in 2005, that Jean-Claude Biver revitalized the Hublot brand with the introduction of the now iconic Replica Hublot Big Bang. The model that the brand introduced to celebrate this anniversary, the Replica Hublot Big Bang Unico Full Magic Gold, made its U.S. debut at a lavish event this week in New York City, hosted by Biver and featuring an interactive, commemorative pop-up exhibit on the history and development of the Big Bang model.

The Big Bang pop-up exhibit, which kicked off at Dallas’s AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL’s Cowboys, made its second stop on its U.S. tour at Manhattan’s Cedar Lake Studio. With dynamic images by Swiss photographer Fred Merz (who also shot the Hublot Loves Football campaign), immersive video displays, and important Big Bang watches in vitrines highlighted by plasma globes, the exhibit served as the centerpiece of the evening’s festivities, which also included a Q&A session with Biver and an intimate dinner with tables surrounding a huge circular image of a Big Bang replica watches dial projected onto the floor.

Hublot_BigBang_10th_EntranceBiver — who explained that the name “Big Bang” comes from that moment of surprise upon discovering materials combined in a cheap replica watches that never had been before, such as the gold and rubber of the early Hublots — gave special attention to the Full Magic Gold model, demonstrating the material’s scratch-resistance and hardness and challenging guests to try their own hand at scratching a Magic Gold case (none succeeded).

Hublot first announced this proprietary, patented alloy in 2011, and the material made its commercial debut in the case of a Big Bang Ferrari limited edition watch in 2012. Magic Gold, certified as 18 carats by the Central Office for Precious Metals Control, was developed by Hublot in Switzerland in a partnership with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). Touted by Hublot as “the most scratch-resistant gold ever created,” it is a mixture of 24k gold with high-tech ceramics, created in a complex process that involves pre-formed boron carbide powder in molds, which is then hardened at extremely high temperatures, creating a rigid, porous structure. Afterward, molten liquid gold is injected into the structure under very high pressure, filling the pores to create the final alloy, whose defining property is its exceptional resistance to scratches: its hardness is close to 1,000 Vickers, whereas standard 18k gold is only 400 Vickers.

The Hublot Big Bang Unico Full Magic Gold is a limited edition of 250 pieces. Like its brethren in the Big Bang Unico family, it sports a big 45-mm-diameter case, with a bezel secured by H-shaped screws (here in black PVD-treated titanium), and is outfitted with Hublot’s in-house Unico movement. The Unico (also dubbed caliber HUB 1242) is an automatic movement equipped with a flyback chronograph function incorporating a column wheel and a double clutch — both of which are visible on the dial side thanks to the Swiss replica watch’s skeleton dial. The date is visible in a white window at 3 o’clock.

Replica_Hublot_Big_Bang_Full_Magic_Gold_frontThe polished Magic Gold case (which is water-resistant to 100 meters and is fitted with a nonreflective sapphire crystal in the front and back) also sports a Hublot logo-branded crown made of black satin-finished PVD titanium and chronograph push-pieces in the same material. The caseback is made not of Magic Gold but of micro-blasted black PVD titanium (there’s that “fusion” again). The dial features subdials with satin-finished gilt counter rings at 9 o’clock (for small seconds) and 3 o’clock (for the chronograph minutes counter). The gilt-plated hands and indices are coated with Super-LumiNova. The Unico movement, including the rotor, has a striking anthracite gray treatment and holds a power reserve of 72 hours. The Hublot Big Bang Unico comes on a structured, ribbed black rubber strap with a deployant buckle in black PVD titanium.

Replica_Hublot_Big_Bang_Full_Magic_Gold_angleThe Replica Hublot Big Bang Tour pop-up exhibit will continue throughout the holiday season, making worldwide stops including San Francisco and Miami.